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Article #7Re: OctoTools Version 7.0.1.26 Released
From: gb
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:59
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:59
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and the problem that you wish us to assist you with is what exactly? <octotoolsmike@comcast.net> wrote in message news:vr-dnXzBdtS6_dLYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@comcast.com... > OctoTools is a multi-functional report processor that can transform ordinary > legacy output into modern looking output using its electronic forms > capabilities. Users have a choice of many output options including Print > (PCL, PostScript, Digital copiers, even inkjet and label printers), PDF, > email, fax and document archiving. We should not have a problem supporting > most if not all printers supported by Windows. > www.jbmsystems.com/demos <http://www.jbmsystems.com/demos> > If you continue reading this email I am certain that you will find many > interesting an exciting features and capabilities in both our current > OctoTools V6 package and our forthcoming OctoTools Enterprise Edition. Most > of the resellers and end users that we have demonstrated to are totally > "Blown Away" by the capability, ease of use and pricing. > > OctoTools is particularly well suited to "transactional printing" but can do > almost anything. I believe a key selling point is the ability to offer the > customer his choice of sending print, email or fax to end recipient based on > account number as an example. Documents may be archived and web hosted as > well. A printer can be unique and offer a "Have it Your Way" approach. > Large volume processing and speed are always a concern in mainframe shops. > Depending on the speed of the Windows pc and the complexity of a form, > OctoTools can provide 1000-3000+pages per minute of output processing. There > are few printers on the planet that can run that fast. > > Our PowerPoint presentation provide a great overview of the systems > capabilities. Slides 12 and 13 > <http://jbmsystems.com/octotools-document-management.pps> , show the data > flow for OctoTools. A one time form template design is performed using > OctoTools on a Windows workstation and merged with variable input. > Output from any system may be sent to OctoTools using LPR, FTP or other > protocol. Many of your products can deliver a file to our Windows centric > system and we will act on the file without RPM or other vendor's package. We > have improved our ease of use by a new watched directory interface. > OctoTools will spool the sysout data and process it by merging the data > fields and the form template. In the template the data columns may be moved > around, fonts changed for sizes, styles, and color. As you will see in all > the samples OctoTools can add lines, boxes, logos, signatures and even > stripe the data to make it more readable. > OctoTools can create output to go to any printer that supports Windows, PDF, > email, archive or fax (via fax service or server). Options can be set up in > a profile on a per group or user basis. All options use the same one time > template design. The fax output and the individually encrypted PDF output > are extremely useful in security conscious environments. > Please examine our web site (www.octotools.com <http://www.octotools.com/>) > and the entire OctoTools PowerPoint > <http://jbmsystems.com/octotools-document-management.pps> as we have many > more samples showing these new capabilities. > We are able to secure fonts, signatures and logos to prevent check fraud. > These resources may be kept externally to OctoTools on a USB flash memory > stick. If checks are printed and the stick is not inserted, invalided voided > checks will be produced. If the flash memory is present, it will provide > valid MICR fonts, signatures and alike. > RTF Rich Text Format copy allows many complex preformatted forms or > paragraphs to be copied and used directly from MS Word and other Windows > applications. > Dynamically loaded and sized images are based on user defined page input > specifications > Mail merge capabilities allows variable input to be merged with RTF layouts > from MS Word. Mail merge output will be "reflowed" eliminating excess white > space. > OctoTools has the capably or being able to alter forms appearance based on > input values. There are just a multitude of uses. The multi-flag.PDF file > demonstrates how we can test for exception conditions and make them stand > out. We can change invoices to credit memos when an invoice total is > negative. > <http://www.jbmsystems.com/webdata/SamsungRacingTeam/SAM226/I7712346.06_09_0 3.pdf> > <http://www.jbmsystems.com/webdata/SamsungRacingTeam/TVS037/I7712347.06_09_0 3.pdf> > credit memo > A basic level of direct input from ODBC databases, currently Access, SQL, > MY/SQL and Oracle. > We have also added multiple watched directory support that runs as an > service. Each watched directory can have its own series of jobs to process > the data that is delivered to it. The number of simultaneous copies of > OctoTools may be specified to control interference and a priority may be > associated to limit CPU intensive OctoTools' on online users. Of course > input may come from any computer system ranging from I/Series, > Unix/Linux/Aix, Windows, Z/OS and many more. At one major customer we have > the watcher component, OctoWatch, examining the first several pages of a job > from the remote system, then invoking the correct "job control" and form > from a single input queue. This technology will be integrated into a general > release for everyone. > The OctoWatch capability allow a file to be reprocessed in several ways in > its entirety such as print to a PCL printer and store as PDF. Different > templates (forms) can be used for additional passes. > Report to Excel has been shipped to some users. This eliminates the time > consuming process of repetitive cutting and pasting. Using this facility, a > single copy of OctoTools can "parse a report" by distribution group, convert > to Excel and automatically email the Excel input to the recipients without > any user intervention. > PDF "overlay" capability. Mapping data on top of an existing form > Conditional based printer support such as feed from tray n or select duplex > CSV input and Output > Chinese/Japanese/Korean output as well as right to left languages like > Arabic and Hebrew. > We have partnered with Biscom, a leader in fax servers in the midmarket > through Fortune 500 to provide outbound faxing via their FaxcomAnywhere(tm) > product. > Available as a controlled Release > OctoTools Enterprise Edition codename Turbo. Turbo has much of the function > of a Redwood Software(r) or ViewDirect for Networks(r), some general > document repository capabilities plus OctoTools normal reformatting and > distribution function. Document identification may be part of the suite as > well. Usage and features are: > A back end web application which will provide access control and security. > You will be able to specify whether a hierarchical environment where a > manager can look at subordinate records but peers cannot examine each other. > You can restrict managers from looking at subordinate folders. A group can > be defined to share a folder in read only or read/write mode. > Hardcopy documents may be scanned to Tiff, by your scanner and OctoTools > will recognize barcoding for filing of the under Turbo. > Medical or personnel records could be restricted to members of certain > departments, such as the HR department or a doctor, his staff, radiology, > nurses, surgery etc. > Access logging will be available for use with HIPAA type documents. > There will be several ODBC database vendors supported. The use of databases > will allow OctoTools to burst up to 10 times faster while providing the > option of storing PDFs in the database or externally to allow access by > other subsystems if necessary. > We will accept almost any type of document for storage (as binary) and will > pass it back to a browser. We can store Word, Tiff, JPG, audio, even > proprietary X-ray files should be able to be stored. You provide the file as > binary and a retrieval header type and you will be all set. > We should also be able to have any user print to OctoTools and turn its > Windows (Word, Excel, user applications) into PDF which may be stored in the > users directory or in the Turbo repository > We have also demonstrated to clients the ability to interface with Tiff > scanners and utilize bar codes to enable content storage and distribution. > Ability to add notes/annotations to documents without changing the base > document. A document that was created by the OctoTools PDF generator or any > other document is NOT modified. We add the comments to the base document > pointer. Comments may be emailed or queued in a personnel mailbox for > another recipient. The document itself does not have to be shipped. > For PDF's standard Adobe security rights (print, change, copy, note), will > also be in place when a download takes place. > We are certain that either package will provide your with unprecedented > power at very reasonable pricing. We are looking forward to discussing this > further as well as demonstrating OctoTools. > Regards, > Mike C > QA Engineer, Technical Support/Sales/Marketing Specialist > JBM Systems Inc. > 4 Bald Hill Lane Suite 200 > Peabody, Ma 01960 > (978) 535-7676
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